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VIDEO: The Irish Book Awards

The shortlist for the Irish Book Awards was announced this week in Dublin. Bestselling authors Cecelia Ahern and Marita Conlon-McKenna spoke to me for UTV Ireland on how they felt about being nominated and why they think their books stand out.

Here’s a round-up of the nominees:

Eason Book Club Novel of the Year

All We Shall Know – Donal Ryan

Days Without End – Sebastian Barry

Solar Bones – Mike McCormack

The Lesser Bohemians – Eimear McBride

The Wonder – Emma Donoghue

This Must Be The Place – Maggie O’Farrell

Days Without End by Sebastian Barry

Irish Independent Popular Fiction Book of the Year

Game of Throw-Ins – Ross O’Carroll-Kelly

Holding – Graham Norton

Lyrebird – Cecelia Ahern

Rebel Sisters – Marita Conlon-McKenna

The Girl From The Savoy – Hazel Gaynor

The Privileged – Emily Hourican

Marita Conlon-McKenna

RTÉ Radio 1’s The Ryan Tubridy Show Listeners’ Choice Award

All Through The Night – edited by Marie Heaney

All We Shall Know – Donal Ryan

Conclave – Robert Harris

Dictatorship: My Teenage War With OCD – Rebecca Ryan

Lying In Wait – Liz Nugent

Victim Without A Face – Stefan Ahnhem

Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year

Himself – Jess Kidd

Red Dirt – E.M. Reapy

The Last Days of Summer – Vanessa Ronan

The Maker of Swans – Paraic O’Donnell

The Things I Should Have Told You – Carmel Harrington

This Living and Immortal Thing – Austin Duffy

TheJournal.ie Best Irish-Published Book of the Year

All Through the Night – edited by Marie Heaney

Dublin Since 1922 – Tim Carey

Looking Back: The Changing Faces of Ireland – Eric Luke

Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks – edited by Fintan O’Toole

The Glass Shore – edited by Sinéad Gleeson

The Invisible Art: A Century of Music in Ireland 1916-2016 – edited by Michael Dervan